RESIDENTS in Higher Kinnerton want reassurance that a green space in the heart of their village will not be sold to developers.

In the 90s an action group was set up to fight proposals by Clwyd County Council to make the former Lower School Playing Field available to developers. They won a four-year long battle to keep the land for community use when the authority agreed to allow the village council to lease the land.

But local councillor Blair Smillie says that within the terms of the lease ‘there was an option that Flintshire County Council may still be able to sell the field for development’.

Residents want the land retained for community use.

A petition andletters of support from Mark Tami MP and Lord Barry Jones were due to be handed over to the county council yesterday (Wednesday).

Cllr Smillie said: “With the addition of the 34 new homes currently being built by David Wilson Homes, the continued use of the recreation field for community involvement is essential. Hopefully Flintshire County Council will listen to the democratic views of the villagers and give us peace of mind for the future.”